User Attachment File Types

SW360 maintains attachments for projects, components and releases. Currently, SW360 cannot automatically detect these types and is dependent on that users select the appropriate type accordingly. If not, some functionality will not properly kick of that uses such attachments.

Also, maybe some of the types are redundant by now and are just legacy ideas that should be reviewed after two years now.

In summary, the following the types currently are as follows:

Type name	Functionality	Description
SOURCE	for sending to tools	Source packages of a release as found on the Internet
COMPONENT_LICENSE_INFO_XML	for project documentation generation	An XML-based description of the licenses and coprights involved
DESIGN	n.a.	Just nomenclature to name this not document
REQUIREMENT	n.a.	Just a general placeholder for an attachment
DOCUMENT	n.a.	Just a general placeholder for an attachment
CLEARING_REPORT	Setting clearing status	Reporting information for component license state
COMPONENT_LICENSE_INFO_COMBINED	(should be) for project documentation generation	Multiple components with component license information
SCAN_RESULT_REPORT	n.a.	Just description what scanners found without conclusions
SCAN_RESULT_REPORT_XML	n.a.	Just description what scanners found without conclusions in XML
SOURCE_SELF	(should be) for sending to tools	Source packages build self, because not available in the Internet
BINARY	future: for sending to tool doing binary analysis	Binary from the publisher
BINARY_SELF	future: for sending to tool doing binary analysis	Self built binary
DECISION_REPORT	n.a.	Decision information ref. the component
LEGAL_EVALUATION	n.a.	Internally created legal evaluation
LICENSE_AGREEMENT	n.a.	Document describing the license agreement
SCREENSHOT	n.a.	If licensing information is captured with screenshot
OTHER	n.a.	If not document